Lost Atlantis Theories Stir Panama Exploration Claims
English explorer Mitchell Hedges journeys into San Blas mountains and sends back tapestries he says link Chauquanaqua Indians to Atlantis survivors. Debates grow with scholars like Babcock Frobenius and Weiner weighing Africa Americas links and possible historic crossing.
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Tapestries in Evidence Chronicle Ancient Clues
Mitchell notes hedges as the climactic source of tapestries tied to explorers who studied ancient craft. Blas muses the designs resemble Hebrew or Aztec work and may have been handed down by seafaring ancestors. He ponders gold earrings and lessons of ancient mining, a formidable ethnological puzzle.
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Blas
Rameses
Germany Charges Foreign Visitors Ten Dollars At Frontier
A German foreign office rule fixes visa payments in marks for each month, forcing Americans to pay about 10 dollars to cross every frontier while Austrians pay around 15 cents. Polish and German borders remain strict with full visa requirements. Summer resorts face overcrowding as prices rise. room rates vary from 75 cents to several dollars per night and entire season flats run high.
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Foreign Office
Germany
Italy
Munich
Salzberg
Prussia
Danzig
Court Trains Return to Buckingham Palace Royal Fashions
London reports that court trains regain royal approval at Buckingham Palace. Trains must be two yards long and extend no more than nineteen inches from the heel when standing. The lord chamberlain, Duke of Atholl, sets dress regulations and earns his stipend.
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Buckingham Palace
Lord Chamberlain
Duke of
Man and Wife to Live Off Wilderness in Maine Experiment
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Sutter of Boston plan a six week trek into Maine woods to prove a man and woman can sustain themselves with no clothes food fire or weapons. They will live in dense, uninhabited forest alongside wild beasts.
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Carl A. Sutter
Boston
Mass
Maine Woods
Sutter
Eureka Man George Gordon Reaches 101 Years
Eureka Kansas resident George A. Gordon, who has lived through the lifetimes of all U S presidents except Washington, was reported to be one hundred one years old recently. Family members note his long life and memory of historical events spanning decades.
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George A. Gordon
United States
Washington
Mr. Gordon
Grandson of Civil War Vet Remains Only Living Link to Revolution Tales
The man, longtime steward of family memories, is the sole survivor to recall Revolutionary War narratives told by his grandfather who fought for independence, preserving a living thread to 18th century battles and early American history.
Remarkable Brain Tumor Operation At New Jersey Hospital
At Ann May hospital Spring Lake New Jersey Dr K Win field Ney of New York head of the neurological surgical division United States army medical corps removed a walnut sized tumor from the region of the pituitary gland in Miss Marian Vogel of Asbury Park daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Vogel The operation required skull opening and lifting the left brain lobe and lasted several hours with blood transfusion reported part of the procedure.
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N. J
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Neurological-Surgical Division
United States Army Medical Corps
Marian Vogel
Asbury Park
Otto Vogel
Miss Vogel
Killed Snake in Fireplace at Greensburgh
In Greensburgh Pennsylvania near Derry at the foot of Chestnut ridge, resident Fred Yokum reports killing two snakes in his yard before finding a huge snake coiled in his fireplace. He killed a third snake after a struggle inside the home.
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Chestnut Ridge
Fred Yokum
Mossholder Hill
American Made Cheese Invades Switzerland
Commerce reports from Lucerne say American Swiss cheese has improved and entered Switzerland and other markets, forcing Swiss cheese to yield space for its foreign relative.
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Switzerland
Washington
Murphy
Lucerne
Commerce Department
Patient Recovers After Tumor Removal Causing Blindness
A medical report notes a tumor caused partial blindness and that surgery was performed. Doctors expect a complete recovery for the patient.
Tickled Wife to Tears Divorce Claim in Minneapolis
Grace Marchand sixteen years old sues for divorce after six months of marriage citing assault and tears caused by husband tickling she says began in Minneapolis Minnesota. The suit highlights a disputed marriage and seeks relief based on tumultuous conduct.
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Grace Marchand
Berlin English Speaking Doctors Ready for Emergencies
The American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin mobilized all English speaking doctors in the city for emergencies. Americans abroad can receive high level medical attention even if language barriers would have blocked access before.
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Berlin
American Chamber of Commerce
Quaint English style home with sun parlor and metal lath
A description of a new English type residence highlighting quaint appearance and hospitality. Features include a sun parlor 8 by 10 feet, a 16 by 13 foot dining room, a large living room with a 20 by 13 footprint, three second-floor bedrooms, a built in buffet, and a kitchen with a pantry and ironing setup. Construction uses frame with stucco over metal lath and reinforced walls. The design emphasizes ample light, ventilation, and safe fire protection through metal lath.
Beauty in Southern Woods and Native Reptiles Observed
A narrator spots three colored lizards on orange tree trunks and a rustic arbor in a hammock bordered by oaks and palmettos. Birds including cardinal and Carolina wren sing nearby as pine woods and saw palmetto undergrowth surround the scene.
Birds Sing From Pine and Piney Fields
A quotation notes the bluebirds and warblers in the pinery and the Maryland yellow throat song from the same place, attributed to Bradford Torrey.
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Pinery
Maryland
Bradford Torrey
Growth in Church Building Surpasses Other Construction in 1921
The Los Angeles Times notes church building expenditures in 1921 rose nearly 100 percent from prior years, far outpacing other construction sectors. Hospitals trailed closely behind churches while theaters lagged.
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Los Angeles Times
Dung beetles and hygiene in ancient Egypt and Hebrew codes
Ancient Nile civilization worshiped the scarab and valued scavenging beetles. The Well of Joseph near the pyramid was carved through 300 feet of rock. Hebrews established early public health with Moses’ hygienic code around 1600 B C and it remains relevant today.
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